Just You Just Me

She looks at me,'She just woke up from her slumber on my shoulder,may be its the turbulence of the plane,we were soaring the skies somewhere above Rajasthan,our plane left Jaipur Airport about a half n hour ago. We were flying back to Bhubaneswar,Home sweet home from a recent vacation in Rajasthan',the look was annoying,endearing,dazzling,amazing,loving,Oh, I can never actually decipher whats in those two eyes,sometimes they well with pearls,mostly because of me,never really like those even though they are happy tears,i just can't see her shedding them,those are mine only mine & they are to be confined in those eyes only.So she looks at me,winks,Oh boy that's just another of her very much lovable traits,whenever she winked I knew,she's in a mood of mischief,then she asks "Where are We ?"."Still in Rajasthan", I reply still lost in her eyes,they sparkle when I say something looking into her eyes.She moans softly as I keep looking at her like that,comes closer & kisses me,"ahem ahem",the strolling stewardess goes about but its just oblivious, I kiss her back gently.

I remember how we fell in love,I was a lost soul,a philandering wanderer,never saw the right girl actually could never see the right girl,I was dating her best friend,who was engaged with some other guy,it was just a casual relationship,Friend with a lot of benefits if you put it correctly,no emotional attachments,no hassles & tussles.We were in the same college,I found her Hot but never hit on her,she was feisty,classy but was a Tomboy to the hilt & believe me,you don't really know a tomboy until you meet one or get to know one.I was more like okay with bimbos,all looks & no brains.So I tread with caution & picked the easy ones.She never liked me,she scolded her friend whenever she saw us together,the scolding & coldness was meant for me actually but I took it in my pride stride.Then one day all hell broke loose,I got a call from her,she was straightforward about breaking the ice between us,I always knew this day was gonna come but I thought it would always be me not her who broke the ice.She was clear,enough of the awkward silence & the other innuendos,lets just be friends.We became friends,then good friends & I forgot the rest of the world,she developed on me like a habit,I just couldn't get enough of her.I don't remember how many times I tried to flirt with her but there was always a air of steeliness around her,she never let her guard down,then one day a chance encounter with fate led us both to a date.

It was an evening of winter,January 1st 2009,we set out on my bike & first she took me to a temple,I always thought of her as a punk,I never saw a religious side of her & she amazed me with that one gesture,I had been out a good number of girls on boring,blah blah filled dates at Cafes,hotels & malls but a temple.She took me inside,prayed,made me pray & then we went on a long ride to a nearby city,it was on the way when she poured her heart out to me,I wore just a tee & a jeans,she was clad perfectly in winter clothes,cold biting down my body,the whizzing air past my ears & out of the rush,I had just heard two bits,a bit about her ex & why she's the way she is.Then all of a sudden it hit me,I should be with her,so unabashedly open,pretty talkative when she felt like,an attitude to kill for & a smile of an angel,My Angel.I kept thinking,kept pondering,whenever I braked,she would tense,the tension was hanging all around,then I brewed up a storm in my mind,I will not let this one go,I won't let you go.

We came back just before the hostel gatekeeper could bark about,I parked nearby the gate but it was dark.My breath burning my nostrils,heartbeat a tandem jumped up,hands sweaty,the coldness kicking into my skin,she said she couldn't remember the last time she felt that happy & didn't know how to thank me & started walking.I was frozen,didn't think what to say & then out of the blue I made the most beautiful mistake of my life,I asked her to thank me,pat came the question,"How ?","You could give me a kiss", I blurted out,she stood shell shocked,a profound silence,an eerie silence just like the winter chill spread its dark silhouette around us,"I do not insist",I said apologetically almost.She smiled sheepishly but walked towards me nervously,I was breathless,amazed at her sheer beauty in the darkness,step by step,time slowed down when she walked towards me,I always thought she had a funny gait but that didn't matter anymore,she leaned over me while i was transfixed on my ride,her breath singeing my very skin,her lips came down on my left cheek & then she kissed me,just a sweet emblem of our very journey has started probably,then she said " I'll will never forget today."

Neither did I,the next two days passed just like any other day but we didn't talk much,I thought I just massacred my hope of being with this Tomboy all I received from her were a slew of messages that she's worried,confused,nervous,reluctant (falling for me may be).The third day,a perfect day,January 4th,I received a call from her,she said she wanted to tell me something,something that she couldn't contain anymore & if she tried to hold it anymore she'll despair for her whole life & then she said the words that were going to change my world forever,"I LOVE YOU".

"Dhana(as she fondly calls me,its your alias for Honey,Cutie,Baby whatever),what are you thinking?",she asks me pulling the chain of my train down the memory lane,I never complain because its her I am thinking about,she can do whatever she wanted,she could ask whatever she wanted to,I return from memory street & take a look at her,her sleepy eyes,a restless ocean churning in them,my girl,my woman,my love,I gush countless I love You's for her,take a breath of the thin air of the plane that's filled with fragrance of love for her & reply,"Uh nothing baby,Just thinking about us,JUST YOU JUST ME." Then I kissed her & mumbled,

"I Love You Jaffna Ray."

HELLO ANGER (YOU BASTARD)

Meet Anger,our colossal,frigging gigantic friend in deed, yeah yeah sometimes in need too.Anger is an in-disposable friend of almost everyone,it doesn't let you go so easily & anger never comes alone. Every time anger comes to scenario not only it brings the plethora of unwanted friends with it but also breeds a lot of bastards in the due process.Eventually some wise fellow tries to get rid of it,but the mother of all Society doesn't allow the bond of friendship between you & anger broken,Society the big mamma tends to heal back soured relations between you & anger to make life even more rancid.
What causes anger,is it Ego,Pride,Jealousy,Annoyance,Ignorance,Embarrassment,Fear,

Frustration,Loathing,Loneliness,depression or Lust or Love.The answer is listless,endless & bottomless,how much we try to find why we can't do away anger,it comes back in different packages,doing albeit the same destruction every time.

Anger is a suppressed emotion that lets out strong uncomfortable & emotional outbursts upon denial or unacceptable events.then what,those who have vented out anger know it pretty well,it causes pain,damn pain every time because it goes down according to your whimsical tunes but causes serious damage you could have bargained for ever.Meet ego & attitude the inseparable buddies of anger,who if you keep around inevitably draw anger to you.then what anger does it goes ahead & screws everything you love,it  hurts almost everyone you love,it doesn't care how,who or why.its a parasite that lives off you,that craves & lives off you & in the due process does damage that you pay for.

Anger is a time bomb,you know its going to blow up eventually but you have to control it,because when it goes off it damages everything & everyone you love or care for.It forces relationships to sour,makes people your antagonists,friends go astray,families take backseat,careers go to dumpsters & attitude & ego the greatest assets you once considered of your own become snakes on your own throat,hissing & stinging & spewing venom over you.turns life into a living hell.Anger is just a sweet recipe for disaster,whether you admit it or not,because it is just a demon inside you just waiting to be unleashed,it doesn't see anyone or anything,once the demon is unleashed it does its work while you succumb & repent your actions. 

Why we can't let go of anger,it may be a strong ally,it may be a jewel in our emotions but its just poison,smoking & drinking may affect us just physically but anger kills us slowly its a slow but potent poison that continues to lure us into its waylaid traps & plethora filled paths.It is just another humane hell created by the craftiness of our failed attempt to throw it away.It can't be done away with but it can be tried to be avoided,because it is just a wreck that is just waiting & watching in the wings to spring upon & cause sufferings.










Its foolish to think that anger is a tool to get back at those who made you feel bad or angry,you may victimize them in your brief or prolonged bout of anger but it gets to you in the long run.there comes a time,when people begin to avoid you,they have no choice,you become ignored,you become a outcast in the very circle you created or were a part of,you start losing friends,you despise people,your relationships go astray,lives turn chaotic & melodramatic,even the tiny things in life look like titans.So take a breath,let anger take the backseat instead of you,try to control your anger,anger management sucks but is fruitful & helpful for you.
Because you can live happily if you do away with your anger,we know that's neither possible nor easy but it helps,really helps in every goddamn way.Stop kissing anger's ass & start kissing Life,not in the ass silly but in its face.


And remember Dr Banner/Hulk's words,"You won't like me,when I am angry."
Choose to be Bruce Banner,the raw power of The Hulk thrills but it also kills.

Love - A rendezvous view

Love... Oh Love,yeah love,no love,just love,again love & only love,gimme a break love,spare me love,love love love oh baby love,ready for love,lets roll.

What is love,what exactly it is,what's so important about it,those who know don't know how to tell & those who don't know,can't perceive it.

Is it that simple,do the words make themselves clear enough.No ways love is simple,it always tends to get complicated,most of us center love around the candyfloss romantic capers we see.Some,well girls mostly refer to the handbook of mills & boon or Nicholas Sparks pen(Of the A walk to remember & the notebook fame) & there's always Titanic to inspire them.Boys,they will be boys,always trying to set a trend for others to see,who gives a damn about emotions but give or take sometime they run around the girl without any complaints.

Is Love just a few ml of hormones or endless words or 2 hours of cinematic experience,i am getting jumbled up guys,see that's the problem with love,girls always excel in this subject,no proof but try to believe me but when it comes to us poor chaps,we fail to express it,however hard we try,we always lose sorely to girls.

Love is something that's out of this world,the magic of that smile,those long nights spent on the phone,the long rides & long drives, meeting under strangest of circumstances,going all the way to see just a smile on the faces of each other,searching the same person in a crowd full of strangers,that reassuring smile,those irritating habits,that first kiss & walking hand in hand,for those who hated rain it also becomes a soothing companion,sweet becomes chweet,oh becomes awww,innumerable nicknames spring out,we feel like a child again,innocence blooms again,the world revolves in slow motion as the evens unfold,we become calmer,wiser & dumber too.

For some who believed love exists on celluloid or scented cards,it becomes a phenomenon,because weirder things unfold as time goes by & its funnier because sometimes reality is much complex than fiction.Those who never wrote become poets,those who were wild become responsible, etiquette long gone shows up at the doorsteps again,grown ups become children,time slows down,the world seems oblivious & for some strange reason we search & research ourselves due to the sudden surge of emotions,girls try to search their father in him & boys try to find their mother in her.
Some say people change when they fall in love but in reality they become more of themselves when they fall in love,they don't change they become themselves.

Love is much more than just an emotion,it can't be bargained,can't be obtained,can't be bought & can't be taken,its a force of nature it can only be bartered,there's a famous song in a Hindi movie which is,'pyaar do pyaar lo',which means give love & take love & in my view there's nothing so called as one sided love its just a collision course set for gloom & hatred,its just another name for infatuation,so don't speed away on a gone trail,learn to love life & in some mysterious ways it will love you back & teach you how to love or more importantly will make you fall,fall in love.Those lucky ones who are in love know & those who haven't fallen will know,it works its way in ways you never imagine.Lives alter & prosper,despair goes out of the window.Life becomes beautiful.

P.s. Fall in Love.

HINDU MYTHOLOGY & GREEK MYTHOLOGY- A CREATIVE COMPARISON

Two of the World's most famous & oldest Mythologies & Cultures are the Hindu & Greek Mythologies & Cultures.They are the most adored & discussed,there were other prominent cultures & mythologies like the Roman,Egyptian,Norse & Of course the biggest religions in today's date the Christian & Islam,although it was the later part of the time when Jesus Christ & Prophet Muhammad dawned but the earliest mythologies were the Hindu & Greek.

Both the mythologies date back as old as time itself,we all know the mythologies,we know the epics like Ramayana,Mahabharata,we know the Avatars of Gods like the Dasavataras & their deeds as well as the The Iliad & Odyssey,labors of Hercules,Jason & the Argonauts,Perseus & Medusa,Theseus &  Minotaur & others.

What is intersting among both the mythologies is that there are a lot of resemblances not just any comparison but there are versatile similarities among the two mythologies if we see.So lets ascend higher to the Gods & see the comparison up close.

                                                                 

                                                     THE BIG THREE

In both the mythologies there are The Big Three Gods who are above all the other Gods,both in terms of worship & Power.They were the three most powerful Gods who were worshipped,feared & obeyed by every other Gods & mortals alike.They were the rulers of the very world & the universe,they watched upon mankind & did as they pleased with the mortals & immortals alike.

   

The comparison isn't the same when it comes to the individual Gods among the big three because the big three in Greek are brothers who overthrew their father Kronos to become Gods,Zeus created Man & was the God of Thunder & Lightning,Poseidon was the God of the seas & Hades was tricked by his brothers to rule in the Underworld.In Hindu the big three are not related they are divine beings with Brahma being the Creator of the world & mankind, Vishnu being the Preserver who watches over everyone & Shiva or Maheswar being the Destroyer who keeps the balance between the good & evil.

                                           
                                THE COUNCIL OF GODS

The Council of Gods atop Mount Olympus

There is a council of Gods in both the mythologies,both of them comprising of a bevy of Gods at their council.The council of Gods in Greek is atop the fictional Mount Olympus & in Hindu it is atop the fictional Mount Meru.Both th mythologies see the Gods having a council atop a sacred mountain where they held their divine council & discussed about their duties & mankind's welfare.

Indralok atop Mount Meru    

                       
                      GODS/DEVAS   VS  TITANS/ASURAS

 There is always a clash between good & evil & good always wins but evil never dies it comes back in many forms retaining its aura over & over again.In Hindu mythology the Devas were the Good side & the Asuras were the Evil side who were always at war,similarly in Greek mythology the Gods were the Good side & the Titans were on the Evil side & the wars always went on.The Gods always managed to defeat the Titans & the Devas aways defeated the Asuras.The abode of the Gods of Greek was Mount Olympus & abode of the Titans was Mount Tartarus deep below underworld where they were imprisoned by the Gods,the abode of the Devas was Devalok atop mount Meru & the Asuras lived in patal lok which was below the Earth.

Gods Fighting the Titans

Devas fighting the Asuras

Hindu Mythical Creatures

In these great wars many mythical creatures were also involved,some fought on the side of Devas & some fought on the sides of the Asuras,the creatures like Jatayu,Airavat,Nandi,Vrungi,Jambhaban fought on the side of the Gods,similarly creatures like the Pegasus,Satyrs,Centaurs also fought on the side of Gods against the Titans.Creatures like Daityas,Pisachas fought on side of the Asuras & creatures like Minotaurs,Laistrygonians,Cyclops,Medusa,Kraken fought on the side of Titans.

Greek Mythical Creatures

                              AVATARS & DEMIGODS

AVATARS OF HINDU MYTHOS

Avatars were reincarnations of Devas in the Hindu mythology,Gods taking birth in mortal form to live among the mortals & fight & see the welfare of the mankind.In Greek mythology this was the duty of the Demigods who were the offspring of a God with a mortal,sometimes out of a relationship or out of  force,the demigods in the greek mythology were the greatest heroes of the mankind,they were also worshipped by people for their deeds just like the avatars of Devas.
         

DEMIGODS OF GREEK MYTHOS

                                                                   
                               GODS & DEVAS-Similarities

• The Gods of Greek used to drink Nectar& Ambrosia to revitalize & energize themselves similarly the Devas used to drink Somras to revitalize & energize themselves.
• Indra is the God Of Lightning & Thunder of Hindu Mythology & Zeus  is the God Of Lightning & Thunder of Greek Mythology.
• Varun is the God Of Sea of Hindu Mythology & Poseidon  is the God Of Sea of Greek Mythology.
• Yama is the God Of Underworld in Hindu Mythology & Hades is the God of the underworld in Greek Mythology.
• Saraswati is the Goddesses Of Wisdom in Hindu Mythology & Athena is the Goddess of Wisdom in Greek Mythology.
• Biswakarma is the God Of Forges in Hindu Mythology & Hephaestus is the god of forges in Greek Mythology.
• Narada is the Messenger of Gods in Hindu Mythology & Hermes is the messenger God in Greek Mythology.
• Rati is the Goddess of Love in Hindu Mythology & Aphrodite is the Goddess of love in Greek Mythology. 
• Greek Gods had Naiads,Dryads & satyrs for entertainment & Hindu Devas had Apsaras & Gandharvas for entertainment.

Dreamy Abyss of Rick Langdon

Prologue 

''I woke up in a pool of sweat,drenched completely,the first thing that comes to mind is Shit,where the hell am I,for all I can see there were canyons & mountains,bloody hell I mutter to myself then I realize my legs dont move,they literally dont move,then out of the blue it hits me just like a lighting bolt,She left me here.''

Its a perfect Sunny Day,A day for me & Haley to go trekking,the Sun soaring over our heads,mercury rising & Eagles soaring,I even forgot that Haley & I were divorced a year ago & were trying to get back together again.Our blossoming romance was once again on track,Sean our beautiful Son who was the apple of our eye won't miss me anymore,that bastard Farris who was always hanging around her won't dare to come near adrift in my thoughts I slipped a gap on the rocks,the next thing I know was the Snap of my cable & Haley's blood curdling scream & there was all but Defiance to Gravity & I Fell.

 I dont remember hitting the ground,but when I opened my eyes all I could see was dust,cacti & Vultures & a cloudless sky,I woke up in a pool of sweat,drenched completely,the first thing that comes to mind is Shit,where the hell am I,for all I can see there were canyons & mountains,"bloody hell" I mutter to myself then I realize my legs dont move,they literally dont move,then out of the blue it hits me just like a lighting bolt,She left me here.My Haley,My Love of eighteen years,mother to my only child left me here,she left me to die so that she could run off with Farris,nobody knew that we were coming here,it was a no holds barred plan of ours to have some personal moments in the Slot Canyons of Arizona,I didn't even bring my phone,may be she did but that doesn't matter anymore,she left me.Left me to Die.




It was weird enough to see the Vultures getting synchronized around me,I tore my ankle pretty bad & where it was teared up a sleuth of Ants had slowly started to gather.Then swoosh,a vulture landed near me,bloodshot eyes,bald head & beak & talons of menacing strength,I remember how Vultures are despised & warded off as scavangers those fed even on the dying that they are as ferocious as the Eagle but love to eat the dead & enjoyed the dying,another pang of pain shot from my ankle & pulsed throughout me.The vulture inched closer,ants started to bite at my teared ligament & the vulture pecked at my eye.

I woke up with a jolt,not a jolt but as if someone skinned me alive & dragged me without my skin through a rocky country road,Haley woke up too,I was in the makeshift camp at the bottom of the canyon,she embraced me,"you okay baby",she said I looked at her,even in the midst of night & after the weirdest & worst dream of my life,she looked like an angel to me.i said "Marry Me" & she smiled & said "Again?"
& I said "yeah,why not."
& then she kissed me & said yes with the words which I always cherished,"Rick I love You."
& then I closed my eyes.

THE FASCINATING WORLD OF COMICS & SUPERHEROES

It's A Bird... It's A Plane... It's Superman

Iam the Best at What I do But wHAT i dO ISN'T VERY nICE

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman

The DC SuperHeroes

When I was a child i did watch DD Metro every evening around 5.30,it used to air shows like Talespin, Gummy-bears,He-man,Duck tales,sometimes by fortune when my cousins will come to village they will bring comics & toys of superman,batman, spider man & wolverine.i used to wonder at their tales by my kid companions that was at a mere age of 7-8 & hearing it in their charged,bewildered,antic filled voices used to stir me up.how superman could shoot laser rays out of his eyes,how he can thrash the mightiest of villains in a jiffy,how he was called the man of steel because bullets & missiles ricocheted off his chest like balls off a wall.how the amazing spider man could scale up walls,his amazing spider sense that warned of dangers & web shooting out of his hands.but my favorite was Batman,i literally worshiped Mr Bruce Wayne for his nerves of steel,his charm that made every woman around him go weak in their knees & his power.Well his power was his Willpower,A master in every form of combat & his title of World's Greatest Detective.

A still from the summer blockbuster The Dark Knight

Although I didn't have access to comics & cartoon channels,I was raised up in a village in my childhood & my most cherished moments were during my visits to Berhampur,A town where my folks also lived,because I could watch all the channels like cartoon network,nickelodeon,star movies,HBO & MGM.i would never waste moments like those so whenever I could catch up on my favorite superheroes & characters,I would watch them till I slept off.

The Marvel Superheroes

Today Iam 24 & know more superheroes & Comic book characters than I could remember Scientific names & celebrities & my love for those endearing & Larger than life characters & I share this love with a lot of friends,who are crazy like me,some are over the hill & others are Sane,so let me tell you a thing,


If you don't love Comic Heroes & Characters you are pretty darn Ordinary & have forgot to adore heroes & have grown up but I,my dear friend refuse to do so.